Improvement in drawer-pulls



W. N. WEED-EN.

' D RAWER-PULLS.

Patented Oct.17.1876.

N FEFERS, PNYOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D, O.

UNITED STATES PATENT WILLIAM N. WEEDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BENEDICT & BURNHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRAWER-PULLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 83,478, dated October 17, 1876; application filed August 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. WEEDEN, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Drawer-Pulls; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,

to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure l, a front view; Fig. 2, a side view; Fig. 3, a top view; Fig. 4, a plan of the base; and in Fig. 5, the handle as struck from sheet metal.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of drawer-pulls which consist of a handle hinged to a base, and so as to hang in a vertical position when not required for use, the object of this invention being to construct the handle from sheet metal, and form a boss to cover the hinge.

The invention consists in the construction of the drawer-pull, as fully hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claim.

The base A is cut from sheet metal of any desired form. Above and below the center a portion, a, is partially cut, and with a slot, 01, near the end of each part. These two parts a are then bent outward and together, as seen in Fig. 2, the perforations 01 coming togethe as one.

The handle B may be of any desirable form, and should correspond in style to the base.

At its upper end a boss or shield, C, is formed as a part of the handle, and from this a tongue, 0, extends downward. The handle, boss, and tongue are all cut from sheet metal. The tongue 0 is then bent up back of the shield C,

- and turned down in hook shape to pass through the slot d in the base, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, and thus form the hinge which connects the handle to the base.

The end of the tongue may be turned backward, as indicated in Fig. 2, and thus form a stop to prevent the handle from striking the front of the drawer when dropped to a vertical position.

One only of the portions to may answer the purpose; but the two should be employed, both for symmetry of construction and strength of the parts. i

I claim- The drawer-pull consisting of a skeleton sheet-metal base, with one or more parts out from the base, slotted and turned outward, combined with a sheet metal handle, constructed with a shieldor boss and tongue projecting therefrom, the said tongue bent to form the hinge-connection, substantially as described.

WM. N. WEEDEN.

Witnesses:

E. L. BRoNsoN, GEO. G. BLAKESLEE. 

